Attorney-General's Office: DEL

Baroness Scotland of Asthal: Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Attorney General's total DEL will be increased by £9,646,000 from £744,966,000 to £754,612,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 6,478 1,419 736,333 12,317 748,650 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget † 1,081  69,704  69,704 
			 Near-cash in RDEL † 6,478 1,419 723,960 13,990 737,950 
			 Capital DEL †† 1,749  14,479  14,479 
			 Less Depreciation †††   8,517  8,517 
			 Total DEL 8,227 1,419 742,295 12,317 754,612 
		
	
	† The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	†† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	††† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be increased by £1,975,000 from £688,335,000 to £690,310,000.
	The change in Resource DEL arises from:
	the reclassification of contract costs of £6,419,000 from voted to non-voted DEL following the requirement to restate under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS);
	the take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £5,000,000 from non-voted to voted DEL to increase the spending on the prosecution of criminal cases;
	a budgetary transfer of £500,000 from the Ministry of Justice to help fund the delivery of the Corporate Manslaughter Act 2007; and
	a budgetary transfer of £25,000 to the department for Business Innovation and Skills to contribute towards the implementation of the Skills Strategy for Government.
	The change in Capital DEL arises from the take up of £1,500,000 from End Year Flexibility (EYF) to meet the upfront capital costs of the relocation of CPS Headquarters.
	The Serious Fraud Office's (SFO) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be increased by £6,590,000 from £40,932,000 to £47,522,000.
	The change in Resource DEL arises from:
	the take up of £1,138,000 of Modernisation Funding to complete the SFO's Transformation Programme which is designed to help the SFO to meet its key challenges of:
	increasingly sophisticated frauds and instances of corruption;working more flexibly and efficiently;focusing on the needs of victims; andworking collaboratively with other government departments, agencies and organisations as appropriate.
	the take up of £4,952,000 in blockbuster funding relating to UN Oil for Food cases to enable the SFO to continue with the investigation and prosecution of outstanding cases in 2009-10;
	the take up of £500,000 from EYF to deliver work early at a reduced cost;
	There is also a transfer of £249,000 from resource to capital spending to cover increased National Fraud Authority capital costs.
	The HM Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor (TSol) element of the Attorney General's total DEL will be increased by £1,081,000 from £15,699,000 to £16,780,000. This increase will occur within the Administration Budget which will increase from £13,630,000 to £ 14,711,000.
	The change in Resource DEL arises from:
	take up £775,000 of near-cash administration costs resource End-Year Flexibility (EYF) to meet the cost of the Attorney General's office and to support the transformation of the Attorney General's Departments; and
	other changes in near-cash DEL spending of £306,000 to meet the increased charge to lease costs following the requirement to restate under IFRS accounting rules

Cabinet Office: DEL

Baroness Crawley: My right honourable friend the Minister for the Cabinet Office (Tessa Jowell) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate 2009-10, the Cabinet Office total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £65,214,000 from £394,149,000 to £459,363,000.
	The impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table.
	
		
			 £'000 Winter Supplementary Estimate DEL Changes Spring Supplementary Estimate New DEL 
			  Voted Non Voted Total Voted Non Voted Total Voted Non Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 332,954 45,015 377,969 +1,928 +7,356 +9,284 334,882 52,371 387,253 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget 206,397 - 206,397 -35,847 +7,600 -28,247 170,550 7,600 178,150 
			 Near cash in RDEL 288,176 45,015 333,191 +5,109 +8,175 +13,284 293,285 53,190 346,475 
			 Capital DEL** 49,985 1,000 50,985 +50,074 +2,400 +52,474 100,059 3,400 103,459 
			 Depreciation* -34,805 - -34,805 +3,456 - +3,456 -31,349 - -31,349 
			 Total DEL 348,134 46,015 394,149 +55,458 +9,756 +65,214 403,592 55,771 459,363 
			 New AME - 10 10 - -10 -10 - - - 
		
	
	* Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	**Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	Summary of Changes in Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and Annually Managed Expenditure (AME)
	The change in the resource element of DEL, an increase of £9.284 million, comprises a £11.344 million agreed claim on the Reserve, £10.083 million End Year Flexibility drawdown, £11.184 million Budget Cover Transfers to other government departments, £0.150 million transfer to Capital Grant in Aid to eNDPB's, a switch from to AME to DEL £0.010 million resulting from HM Treasury retracting their original advice on classification of accrued benefits holiday pay as a result of the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and a £0.819 million reduction in wages and salaries to cover the use of provision for Early Departures.
	The change in the capital element of DEL, an increase of £52.474 million, comprises a £0.150 million transfer from Resource DEL and a £52.324 million drawdown on End Year Flexibility.
	Changes in Resource DEL (RDEL)
	The changes which result in a net increase in Resource DEL (RDEL) of £9,284,000 are as follows:
	Agreed Claim on the Reserve:
	A Claim on the Reserve for V Matched Funding increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £10,500,000.
	A Claim on the Reserve for Invest to Save Budget in the Office of the Third (OTS) increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £844,000.
	End Year Flexibility:
	A drawdown for Invest to Save budget increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £83,000.
	A drawdown for Real Help for Communities Action Plan run by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) increases Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £10,000,000.
	Budget cover transfers outwards:
	Budgetary Cover Transfers to various government departments to cover the costs of the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel (OPC) decrease Resource DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £8,003,000.
	A Budgetary Cover Transfer to the Security and Intelligence Agencies (SIA) to cover the non cash charges upon transfer of SCOPE Assets decreases non cash Resource DEL by £3,181,000.
	Transfer from Voted to non-voted within Resource DEL:
	A switch within Resource DEL from voted to non-voted Administration to properly record the implementation of IFRS for a Service Concession arrangement of £7,600,000. The impact on Net Resource Requirement and Resource DEL is neutral. A switch is required owing to the different treatment of the service concession in Estimates and Budgets. For Estimates purposes, this arrangement will be treated as a finance lease and for budget purposes it will be treated as an operating lease.
	The Cabinet Office entered into a contract with Fujitsu Services Limited (FSL) for the provision of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) services over a 5 year term until June 2012 and this includes certain infrastructure assets for use in delivering public services that fall within the scope of IFRIC12 service concession arrangements.
	Transfers from non-Voted Resource to Capital DEL:
	A switch from Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover additional expenditure for the non-voted Grant in Aid to eNDPB's decreases Resource DEL by £150,000. The impact on Net Cash Requirement is neutral because the overall Grant in Aid to ENDPB's in the Estimate remains unchanged.
	Other changes:
	A decrease in wages and salaries to cover the use of Early Departure provisions by £819,000.
	Switch from AME to DEL:
	A switch from to AME to DEL of £10,000 resulting from HM Treasury retracting their original advice on classification of accrued benefits holiday pay as a result of the IFRS implementation.
	Changes in Capital DEL (CDEL)
	The changes which result in a net increase in Capital DEL (CDEL) of £52,474,000 are as follows:-
	End Year Flexibility:
	A drawdown to cover Capital Grants Programmes run by the Office of the Third Sector (OTS) increases Capital DEL and Net Cash Requirement by £52,324,000.
	Transfers from Voted Resource to Capital DEL:
	A switch from Resource DEL to Capital DEL to cover additional expenditure for the non-voted Grant in Aid to eNDPB's increases Capital DEL by £150,000. The impact on Net Cash Requirement is neutral because the overall Grant in Aid to ENDPB non budget in the Estimate remains unchanged.

Charity Commission: DEL

Baroness Crawley: My right honourable friend the Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Angela E. Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Charity Commission DEL will be increased by £54,000 from £31,764,000 to £31,818,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £259,000 from £31,219,000 to £31,478,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources is as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  New DEL (£,000) 
			  Change Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 259 31,478 0 31,478 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 259 31,478 0 31,478 
			 Near cash in DEL 54 30,173 0 30,173 
			 Capital 0 1,315 0 1,315 
			 Depreciation** -205 -975 0 -975 
			 Total 54 31,818 0 31,818 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' may be greater than total resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in Resource DEL reflects the utilisation of £259,000 of the Commission's Resource EYF. The funds from Resource EYF will be used to improve our website, making it more accessible in support of the Government's initiative to increase online interaction with Government Departments, and to cover depreciation in respect of capital expenditure relating to our modernisation programme.

Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: DEL

Lord Davies of Abersoch: The Statement below follows the format guidance as set out in Supply Estimates: a guidance manual, available on the HMT website.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, UKTI's total DEL (Resource and Capital) will be increased by £3,255,000 from £96,610,000 to £99,865,000. This reflects the net transfer of £500,000 in Voted resource from BIS's Vote to UKTI's Vote and the relevant IFRS changes. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -485 - 95,877 - 95,877 
			 of which:  
			 Near-cash in RDEL -1,531 - 94,744 - 94,744 
			 Capital DEL† 3,740 - 3,988 - 3,988 
			 Less Depreciation†† -1,046 - -1,212 - -1,212 
			 Total DEL 2,209 - 98,653 - 98,653 
		
	
	† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	†† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	UKTI's Vote does not include Administration provision, which is included in the Estimates of our parent departments, BIS and FCO.
	The change in the resource element of Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) sought in this Supplementary Estimate relate primarily to:
	a decrease of £1,067,000 to allow more cover in capital due to IFRS;an increase of £81,000 to allow for depreciation cover due to IFRS;an increase of £500,000 as a result of the BIS transfer to UKTI for the inward investment conference;an increase of £486,000 as a result of the Estimate Exclusion Adjustment; and an increase of a token £1,000 to allow the increase in Appropriations-in-Aid.
	The change in the capital element of DEL sought in this Supplementary Estimate relate primarily to:
	an increase of £1,067,000 due to IFRS; andan increase of £2,673,000 transferred from BIS due to IFRS changes.

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: DEL

Lord Davies of Oldham: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (Ben Bradshaw) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval, the Department for Culture Media and Sport's total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £78,600,000 from £2,060,368,000 to £2,138,968,000. Within the DEL change the impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table.
	
		
			 Departmental Expenditure Limits and Administration Budgets 
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 469 16,957 103,804 1,602,459 1,706,263 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* - - 55,133 - 55,133 
			 Near-cash in RDEL 469 -6,895 94,425 1,350,986 1,445,411 
			 Capital** 53,477 7,949 -730,727 1,274,053 543,326 
			 Less Depreciation† - -252 -6,405 -104,216 -110,621 
			 Total 53,946 24,654 -633,328 2,772,296 2,138,968 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures are greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	A claim on the Reserve of £23,500,000 for provisions associated with the decommissioning costs of the Olympic Stadium; an addition of £352,000 non-cash, to cover costs associated with a change in accounting policy as a consequence on implementing International Finance Reporting Standards (IFRS), less a switch of funding from resource to capital of £6,426,000.
	The capital element of the DEL has increased by £61,426,000 as a result of:
	The drawdown of £30,000,000 End Year Flexibility (EYF) to meet agreed spending plans; the drawdown of £25,000,000 EYF to cover access to reserves by our Non-Departmental Public Bodies; and, an additional £6,426,000 arising from the resource to capital switch detailed above.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: DEL

Lord Davies of Oldham: My honourable friend the Minister for Rural Affairs and Environment (Dan Norris) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £41,608,000 (1.32%) from £3,149,133,000 to £3,190,741,000. The Administration Budget will be increased by £200,000 (0.07%) from £304,296,000 to £304,496,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 404,844 -392,971 11,873 4,405,871 -1,684,991 2,720,880 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget 200 - 200 304,496 - 304,496 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL 389,547 -377,674 11,873 4,138,436 -1,752,988 2,385,448 
			 Capital -8,305 38,040 29,735 262,071 432,179 694,250 
			 Depreciation* 9,450 -9,450 - -115,820 -108,569 -224,389 
			 Total 405,989 -364,381 41,608 4,552,122 -1,361,381 3,190,741 
		
	
	*Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL of £11,873,000 arises from (i) a transfer of £30,000,000 programme from Resource to Capital for the Environment Agency; (ii) a £30,000,000 increase to programme following an agreement with HM Treasury to bring forward part of next year's ring-fenced disallowance provision to cover a Rural Payments Agency (RPA) disallowance issue that has materialised this year; (iii) a transfer of £827,000 programme to the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for Northern Ireland for Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy responsibility; (iv) a transfer of £12,500,000 programme from the Department of Energy and Climate Change, returning funding Defra previously provided for the Carbon Capture and Storage Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) studies and (v) a transfer of £200,000 administration from the Cabinet Office for the Office of Parliamentary Counsel.
	There has also been a transfer within the resource element of the DEL of £355,481,000 from voted to non-voted. This relates to increases in income and expenditure for the EU funded Schemes. This change is DEL-neutral, but the expenditure is classed as voted, whereas the income is classed as non-voted consolidated fund extra receipts.
	There has been a transfer of the remaining £26,000,000 Departmental Unallocated Provision from non-voted to voted to cover in part an RPA disallowance issue that has materialised this year. The remainder of the transfers within Resource DEL between voted and non-voted primarily relate to budget transfers from the core department (voted) to the department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted).
	The change in the capital element of the DEL of £29,735,000 arises from (i) a transfer of £30,000,000 from Resource to Capital for the Environment Agency and (ii) a transfer of £265,000 to the Department of Energy and Climate Change for anaerobic digestion of manure and food waste demonstration projects.
	There has also been a transfer within the capital element of the DEL of £8,040,000 from voted to non-voted relating to budget transfers from the core department (voted) to the department's Non-Departmental Public Bodies (non-voted).

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: New Evidence Investment Strategy

Lord Davies of Oldham: My honourable friend the Minister for Rural Affairs and Environment (Dan Norris) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I have arranged for copies of Defra's new Evidence Investment Strategy (EIS) which provides an agenda to prioritise and manage Defra's investment in evidence from 2010 to 2013 and beyond to be placed in the Libraries of the House. It highlights the need to focus efforts on the interlinked challenges of climate change, protecting ecosystems and developing a sustainable food supply. The strategy will ensure that Defra has access to the best evidence when developing and implementing policies. The strategy is available at http://www.defra.gov.uk/evidence/science/how/strategy.htm.
	Defra's Chief Scientific Adviser led a detailed review of Defra's evidence activities and worked in collaboration with teams across Defra and the evidence landscape (including the executive agencies, non departmental public bodies and key external stakeholders) to develop the strategy. The EIS will build on the progress made by Defra's first evidence strategy, Our approach to Evidence and Innovation for 2005-2008, encouraging better use of evidence for policymaking.
	The strategy contains a number or recommendations including the importance of working with others, both internally and through partnerships with the Research Councils and other government departments, and developing skills, expertise and capabilities which will improve Defra's gathering and use of evidence.

Department for International Development: DEL

Lord Brett: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for International Development (Douglas Alexander) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for International Development's departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be reduced by £33,098,000 from £6,757,774,000 to £6,726,607,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 243,797 -276,895 4,542,361 836,065 5,378,926 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 3,341 -3,341 159,950 - 159,950 
			 Near-cash in RDEL 233,047 -266,145 4,437,111 846,815 5,283,926 
			 Capital DEL** 9,750 -9,750 1,365,750 - 1,365,750 
			 Less Depreciation*** 1,931 - -18,069 - -18,069 
			 Total DEL 255,478 -286,645 5,890,542 836,065 6,726,607 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and Accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	*** Depreciation, which forms part of the resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of these assets would lead to double counting.
	The net change in the Resource element of DEL arises from:
	Additions
	£280,000 transferred from the Department of Health in respect of International Health Links Funding Scheme.
	Reductions
	£77,000 transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of payments to locally engaged staff in Iraq;£5,500,000 transferred to the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in respect of the Returns and Reintegration Fund;£25,959,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool;£1,832,000 transferred to the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Conflict Prevention Pool; and£10,000 transferred to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in respect of the Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund.
	There is no net change in the Capital element of DEL.

Department for Trade, Investment and Small Business: DEL

Lord Davies of Abersoch: My right honourable friend the Minister for Business, Innovation and Skills (Pat McFadden) has today made the following Statements.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' DEL will be increased by £1,240,523,000 from £21,829,701,000 to £23,070,224,000 and the Administration budget will be increased by £1,220,000 from £357,473,000 to £358,693,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource 279,431 531,819 -3,235,584 22,886,573 19,650,989 
			 of which:  
			 Administration* budget 1,220  358,693  358,693 
			 Near cash in Resource DEL* -67,660 464,711 -5,004,730 22,570,097 17,565,367 
			 Capital 277,146 152,127 -209,708 3,628,943 3,419,235 
			 Less Depreciation** -1,985 -47,320 -61,433 -248,599 -310,032 
			 Total 554,592 636,626 -3,506,725 26,266,917 22,760,192 
		
	
	* The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near Cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	* Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and Accounts, but which are treated as Capital DEL in Budgets.
	* Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes Capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	a Reserve claim of £85,000,000 of voted non-cash for the Automotive Assistance Programme;a Reserve claim of £48,500,000 for Enterprise Fund Guarantees; utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £21,004,000 for Automotive Assistance Programme non-cash;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £41,500,000 for Enterprise Fund Guarantees non-cash;transfer of £500,000 to United Kingdom Trade and Investment in respect of an inward investment conference; transfer of £450,000 of non-voted expenditure to the Office of Fair Trading in respect of the Consumer White Paper; reclassification of £6,300,000 from Strategic Investment Fund capital to resource in relation to the New Industries, New Jobs agenda;virement of £1,100,000 from the non-voted RfR1 Departmental Unallocated Provision to RfR3 for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;virement of £11,700,000 from the non-voted RfR1 Departmental Unallocated Provision to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;virement of £4,000,000 from support for the Post Office to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3); virement of £3,144,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3); virement of £10,000,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees to Student Support (RfR3);utilisation of £16,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted Student Maintenance Grants (RfR3); utilisation of £5,632,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council (RfR3); virement of £13,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Technology Strategy Board to the RfR2 Science Research Councils; virement of £188,000 Government Skills and £46,000 Further Education Improvement (both RfR3) to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £800,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Regional Development Agencies; reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £400,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Competition Commission;reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £90,000 for Acas; reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £12,427,000 for Capital for Enterprise Fund; reclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £912,000 for the National Measurement Office; andreclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £2,000,000 for the Insolvency Service.
	Also within the change to resource DEL, the changes to the Administration budget are (RfR1):
	transfer of £1,020,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Parliamentary Counsel Office;transfer of £25,000 from the Cabinet Office in respect of the Skills Strategy; andreclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £175,000 for UK Trade and Investment.
	RfR2
	utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £45,464,000 for non-voted expenditure by the Medical Research Council;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £20,536,000 for non-voted expenditure by the Natural Environment Research Council;virement of £100,000 from RfR3 to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils in respect of the wellbeing project; virement of £50,000 from non-voted expenditure by Research Councils to voted Research-based Initiatives;virement of £250,000 from voted Public Sector Research Establishments expenditure to non-voted expenditure by Research Councils;virement of £594,000 from voted Science and Society expenditure to non-voted expenditure by Research Councils.virement of £13,000,000 from the Technology Strategy Board (RfR1) to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils; andreclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £1,406,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Science Research Councils.
	RfR3
	a Reserve Claim of £50,000,000 non-cash for Tuition Fee Loans;a Reserve Claim of £83,000,000 non-cash for Maintenance Fee Loans; utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £22,800,000 for the 6 month training offer to unemployed via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £225,376,000 to meet student support pressures;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £20,000,000 for the delivery of the Level 3 training entitlement to young people via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £11,700,000 to provide 35,000 additional apprenticeships via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council; utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £15,000,000 for voted non-cash relating to Career Development Loans;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £64,000,000 for non-voted non-cash relating to the Learning and Skills Council;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £3,000,000 for expansion of the Personal Career Development Loans scheme via non-voted expenditure of the Learning and Skills Council;utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £4,624,000 for Aim Higher Challenge Initiative;utilisation of £16,000,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision for voted Student Maintenance Grants; increase in voted receipts for the Learning and Skills Council of £338,877,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for 6th Forms, apprenticeships, Entry to Employment, Education Maintenance Allowance, offset by an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted resource DEL; increase in voted receipts for the Higher Education Funding Council for England of £895,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to help kick start activity on Shared Services initiatives within the HE Sector, offset by an increase in the Higher Education Funding Council for England non-voted resource DEL; increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills of £258,000 from the Department for Children, Schools and Families, offset by an increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted resource DEL; increase in voted receipts for the UK Commission for Employment and Skills of £200,000 from the Department for Work and Pensions, offset by an increase in the UK Commission for Employment and Skills non-voted resource DEL; transfer of £2,624,000 from the Ministry of Justice in respect of Offender Learning;transfer of £500,000 of non-voted expenditure from the Department of Energy and Climate Change to the Learning and Skills Council in respect of the National Skills Academy for Power; transfer of £7,734,000 of non-voted expenditure from the Department for Children, Schools and Families to the UK Commission for Employment and Skills in respect of the National Vocational Qualifications Levy; transfer of £6,381,000 (of which £581,000 voted and £5,800,000 non-voted) from the Department for Work and Pensions in respect of graduate internships; virement of £15,668,000 from voted Aim Higher Challenge Initiative to non-voted expenditure;virement of £30,876,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council to voted expenditure for the Young Person's Guarantee; virement of £14,457,000 from Aim Higher Challenge Initiative and other Higher Education resources to non-voted expenditure;virement of £14,999,000 from non-voted expenditure to Maintenance Grants; virement of £4,310,000 from Adult Guidance and Leith Implementation to non-voted expenditure; virement of £20,636,000 from Offender Learning to non-voted expenditure;transfer of £5,371,000 from the Home Office for Migration Impact Funding;virement of £100,000 voted expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils in respect of the Wellbeing project;utilisation of £5,632,000 from the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision (RfR1) for non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council; virement of £4,000,000 from RfR1 support for the Post Office to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council; virement of £11,700,000 from the non-voted RfR1 Departmental Unallocated Provision to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council for increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000;virement of £1,100,000 from the non-voted RfR1 Departmental Unallocated Provision to voted expenditure on increasing the number of apprenticeships by 35,000; virement of £3,144,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees RfR1 to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council; virement of £10,000,000 from Enterprise Fund Guarantees RfR1 to voted expenditure on Student Support; virement of £188,000 Government Skills and £46,000 Further Education Improvement to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision;virement of £15,000,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Higher Education Funding Council for England towards student support; andreclassification changes resulting from the implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards of £2,531,000 in non-voted expenditure for the Student Loan Company.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	a Reserve Claim of £300,000,000 for the Automotive Assistance Programme; utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £10,000,000 for Capital for Enterprise Fund; reclassification of £6,300,000 from Strategic Investment Fund capital to resource in relation to the New Industries, New Jobs agenda;transfer of £25,573,000 from Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment Northern Ireland for Launch Investment;virement of £29,624,000 from Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council under RfR3;virement of £16,103,000 from Strategic Investment Fund to the non-voted Departmental Unallocated Provision; virement of £3,487,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils to the non-voted non-Science Departmental Unallocated Provision; andvirement of £9,513,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Science Research Councils RfR2 to the non-voted Technology Strategy Board.
	RfR2
	increased voted contributions of £1,900,000 from other Government Departments to fund non-voted expenditure by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council on the Institute for Animal Health; virement of £1,600,000 voted British Academy expenditure to non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils;virement of £3,487,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the non-voted non-Science Departmental Unallocated Provision; andvirement of £9,513,000 from non-voted expenditure by the Research Councils to the non-voted Technology Strategy Board (RfR1).
	RfR3
	utilisation of End Year Flexibility of £100,000,000 for renewal of the Further Education estate via an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted DEL; increase of £2,900,000 in voted receipts from the Department for Children, Schools and Families for 14-19 activities by the Learning and Skills Council, offset by an increase in the Learning and Skills Council non-voted DEL; andvirement of £29,624,000 from RfR1 Strategic Investment Fund to non-voted expenditure by the Learning and Skills Council.
	Office of Fair Trading
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Office of Fair Trading's DEL will be increased by £451,000 from £65,260,000 to £65,711,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource -946 - 65,124 - 65,124 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget1 -946 - 63,210 - 63,210 
			 Near cash in Resource DEL 1 -946 - 62,516 - 62,516 
			 Capital 2 1,397 - 2,728 - 2,728 
			 Less Depreciation3 - - -2,141 - -2,141 
			 Total 451 - 65,711 - 65,711 
		
	
	1 The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near Cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than Total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	2 Capital DEL includes items treated as Resource in Estimates and Accounts, but which are treated as Capital DEL in Budgets.
	3 Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes Capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL (and also the Administration budget) arises from:
	RfR1
	transfer of £450,000 from the Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of Consumer White Paper funding;virement of £1,397,000 from resource to capital to allow for increased capital investment in the OFT; andtoken increase of £1,000 to allow increase in appropriations-in-aid to be included in the Estimate.
	The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from:
	RfR1
	virement of £1,397,000 from resource to capital to allow for increased capital investment in the OFT.

Department for Transport: DEL

Lord Adonis: Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary supplementary estimate, the Department for Transport departmental expenditure limit (DEL) for 2009-10 will be increased by £22,464,000 from £14,137,677,000 to £14,160,141,000 and the administration budget will be increased by £4,520,000 from £275,172,000 to £279,692,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital, are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource +802,705 -91,359 6,597,715 561,185 7,158,900 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget +5,020 -500 279,692 0 279,692 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -92,053 -277,093 5,331,272 404,136 5,735,408 
			 Capital +342,438 -42,693 7,163,175 1,100,172 8,263,347 
			 Depreciation1 -988,627 0 -1,230,332 -31,774 -1,262,106 
			 Total +156,516 -134,052 12,530,558 1,629,583 14,160,141 
		
	
	1 Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL, since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource Change: Administration (total increase of £4,520,000)
	Voted: total net increase of £5,020,000
	RfR1
	transfer of £520,000 near cash from the Cabinet Office for parliamentary counsel costs;
	HM Treasury agreed reclassification of £4,000,000 from programme near cash to reflect the revised treatment of Shared Services expenditure;
	transfer of £500,000 near cash from non voted departmental unallocated provision for administration pressures; and
	transfer of £1,159,000 near cash transferred to non voted in respect of Highways Agency increased utilisation of provisions; offset by £1,159,000 non cash transferred from non voted.
	Non Voted: total net decrease of £500,000
	transfer of £500,000 near cash to voted provision; and
	transfer of £1,159,000 non cash to voted; offset by £1,159,000 near cash transferred from voted.
	Resource Change: Programme (total increase of £706,826,000) Voted: total net increase of £797,685,000 RfR1
	increase of £989,371,000 non cash in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Highways Agency depreciation;
	a net transfer of £186,631,000 near cash from non voted for;
	railways-support for Passenger Rail Services (£228,263,000 including £200,188,000 take up of departmental unallocated provision and £28,075,000 from headroom);Highways Agency for work on the strategic network transferred from headroom arising from revised forecast utilisation of provisions (£8,118,000);Highways Agency use of Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts within the Departmental Expenditure Limit (£4,750,000); partially offset byTransfer of London and Continental Railways near cash provision for domestic capacity charges to non voted (£54,500,000);
	decrease of £278,545,000 near cash in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS for the reclassification of Highways Agency renewals to Capital (£279,745,000); partially offset by increase for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency in respect of their annual leave liability (£1,200,000);
	a net transfer of £95,772,000 non cash to non voted; and
	HM Treasury agreed reclassification of £4,000,000 from programme near cash to administration.
	Non-Voted: total net decrease of £90,859,000
	a net transfer of £186,631,000 near cash to voted provision; partially offset by
	increase of £91,121,000 non cash, offset by £91,121,000 near cash to reflect the capitalisation element of Highways Agency renewals in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS; and
	a net transfer of £95,772,000 non cash from voted provision for:
	London and Continental Railways pensions liability (£80,000,000) from Highways Agency headroom;Highways Agency to forecast provisions offset by an increase in forecast utilisation of provisions (£8,118,000); andto the departmental unallocated provision from voted headroom (£7,654,000).Capital Change: (total net increase of £299,745,000)Voted: total net increase of £342,438,000 RfR1
	take up of £20,000,000 end year flexibility for London and Continental Railways Eurostar (UK) Ltd recapitalisation;
	increase of £279,745,000 in accordance with Treasury guidance for the introduction of IFRS for the reclassification of Highways Agency renewals to Capital; and
	net transfer of £42,693,000 from non voted for:
	London and Continental Railways Eurostar (UK) Ltd recapitalisation (£20,000,000) from departmental unallocated provision;Green buses (£10,000,000) from departmental unallocated provision; andGLA transport grants (£13,000,000); partially offset by
	A transfer from voted railways provision to Rail Heritage Committee (£307,000).
	Non-Voted: total net decrease of £42,693,000 A net transfer of £42,693,000 to voted provision.

Department for Work and Pensions: DEL

Lord McKenzie of Luton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Yvette Cooper) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department for Work and Pensions Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by £318,266,000 to £9,123,522,000 and the Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit will remain unchanged at £284,517,000. The Administration budget will increase by £38,170,000 to £6,242,507,000.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Total Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 1,041,453 -723,187 318,266 6,922,236 2,201,286 9,123,522 
			 of which:  
			 Admini-stration 759,354 -721,184 38,170 5,560,083 682,424 6,242,507 
			 Near-cash 1,041,453 -723,187 318,266 6,660,506 2,234,712 8,895,218 
			 Capital -421 421 0 283,288 1,229 284,517 
			 Depreciation1 0 0 0 234,194 1,105 235,299 
			 Total DEL 1,041,032 -722,766 318,266 6,971,330 2,201,410 9,172,740 
		
	
	1 Depreciation, which forms part of resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, is excluded from the total Departmental Expenditure Limit since the capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the resource element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
	Request for Resources 1
	i. An increase in Appropriations in Aid of £9,000 not offset by an increase in expenditure.
	Request for Resources 2
	ii. A reserve claim of £108,050,000 from the dual-key funding package announced in the 2008 Pre Budget Report.
	iii. A reserve claim of £86,000,000 (£12,000,000 Administration and £74,000,000 Other Current) from the 'six month offer' funding package made available to the department following the Employment Summit in January 2009.
	iv. A reserve claim of £6,000,000 (£1,000,000 Administration and £5,000,000 Other Current) to support expenditure on the Pathways under 25.
	v. Budget transfers of £196,000 to the Scottish Government, £395,000 to the Welsh Assembly and £431,000 to the Department for Children, Schools and Families to assist with Jobcentre support in schools for unemployed parents.
	vi. A budget transfer of £6,381,000 to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in relation to Backing Young Britain. This increases the number of internships that are available to non-graduates.
	vii. A budget transfer of £12,500,000 to the Department for Children, Schools and Families in relation to the white paper "Building Britain's Recovery: Achieving Full Employment". This increases the number of apprenticeships that are available for 16 and 17 year olds.
	viii. Budget transfers to the Department for Children, Schools and Families of £1,500,000 (Other Current) for the Co-ordinated Support for Separating Parents Child Poverty Pilot and £110,000 (Administration) for the Child Poverty Support Unit.
	ix. A budget transfer of £262,000 to the Department for Children Schools and Families in relation to Joint Birth Registration work.
	Request for Resources 3
	x. A reserve claim of £25,000,000 from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	Request for Resources 5
	xi. A reserve claim of £115,000,000 from the department's Modernisation Fund.
	Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
	xii. An increase in voted funding of £29,184,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £29,184,000 as a result of using the Departmental Unallocated Provision to support expenditure by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission.
	xiii. An increase in voted funding of £100,000,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £100,000,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were provided in the 2008 Pre Budget Report package.
	xiv. An increase in voted funding of £571,000,000 (£456,551,000 Administration and £114,449,000 Other Current) offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £571,000,000 (Administration) as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which were announced in the 2009 Budget.
	xv. An increase in voted funding of £21,000,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £21,000,000 as a result of accessing funds held in the Departmental Unallocated Provision which relate to the Welfare Reform White Paper.
	xvi. An increase in voted funding of £1,305,000 offset by a decrease in non-voted funding of £1,305,000 relating to decreased utilisation of the Financial Assistance Scheme provision.
	xvii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £1,143,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £1,143,000 relating to decreased expenditure by Working Ventures (UK) Limited.
	xviii. An increase in non-voted funding of £3,988,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £3,988,000 relating to increased expenditure by the Independent Living Fund.
	xix. A decrease in non-voted funding of £30,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £30,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Advisory Service.
	xx. An increase in non-voted funding of £51,000 offset by a decrease in voted funding of £51,000 relating to increased expenditure by The Pensions Ombudsman.
	xxi. A decrease in non-voted funding of £3,208,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £3,208,000 relating to decreased expenditure by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
	xxii. A decrease in non-voted funding of £356,000 offset by an increase in voted funding of £356,000 relating to decreased expenditure by the Pensions Regulator.
	Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The net nil movement in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
	Movements between Voted and Non-Voted Budgets
	xxiii. An increase in non-voted capital funding of £517,000 offset by a decrease in voted capital funding of £517,000 relating to increased expenditure by the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority.
	xxiv. A decrease in non-voted capital funding of £96,000 offset by an increase in voted capital funding of £96,000 relating to decreased expenditure by The Pensions Regulator.
	Administration Costs
	The movement in the Administration Cost limit arises from the changes to the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit as noted in items i, iii, viii, iv, ix, x, xi and xiv above.

Department of Energy and Climate Change: DEL

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (Ed Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Department of Energy and Climate Change Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will decrease by £2,283,000 from £3,102,677,000 to £3,100,394,000 and the Administration Budget will be increased by £9,047,000 from £93,512,000 to £102,559,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource DEL -31,215 145,592 -735,996 1,955,536 1,219,540 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget † 9,047 - 102,559 - 102,559 
			 Near Cash in Resource DEL † -31,215 145,592 -759,528 2,000,030 1,240,502 
			 Capital DEL †† 10,864 -127,524 693,065 1,194,880 1,887,945 
			 Less Depreciation ††† - - -2,987 -4,104 -7,091 
			 Total DEL -20,351 18,068 -45,918 3,146,312 3,100,394 
		
	
	† The total of "Administration Budget" and "Near Cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	†† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	††† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL in the table above, since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource DEL
	The increase in the Resource element of the DEL of £114,377,000 arises from a decrease in the voted element of Resource DEL of £31,215,000 and an increase of £145,592,000 in the non-voted element of Resource DEL.
	Voted Resource DEL
	The £31,215,000 decrease in the voted element of Resource DEL arises from:
	the take up of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £22,800,000;a transfer of £343,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel Office costs;an increase to DEL of £211,000 following the adoption of International Accounting Standard (IAS) 19 for accrued employee benefits;an increase of £40,748,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority operating appropriations-in-aid;a transfer to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £12,500,000 for cost pressures on Common Agricultural Policy disallowance;an increase of £821,000 in operating appropriations-in-aid for the Committee on Climate Change; anda transfer to the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills of £500,000 for the National Skills Academy for Power.
	Non-voted Resource DEL
	The £14.5,592,000 increase in non-voted Resource DEL arises from:
	a transfer from Capital to Resource DEL for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of £126,823,000;an increase of £40,748,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority DEL offsetting the increase in appropriations-in-aid; an increase of £821,000 in Committee on Climate Change DEL offsetting the increase in appropriations-in-aid; andthe take up in voted Resource DEL of Departmental Unallocated Provision of £22, 800, 000.
	Capital DEL
	The decrease in the Capital element of the DEL of £116,660,000 arises from an increase in the voted element of Capital DEL of £10,864,000 and a decrease of £127,524,000 in the non-voted element of Capital DEL.
	Voted Capital DEL
	The £10,864,000 increase in the voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	an increase from central funds of £50,000,000 for the 2020 European Fund for Energy, Climate Change and Infrastructure ('Marguerite'); an increase of £39,401,000 in Nuclear Decommissioning Authority non-operating appropriations-in-aid formerly scored as Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts; anda transfer from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of £265,000 for the Anaerobic Digestion Demonstration Programme.
	Non-voted Capital DEL
	The £127,524,000 decrease in the non-voted element of Capital DEL arises from:
	a transfer from Capital to Resource DEL for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority of £126,823,000;an increase of £40,102,000 in Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts for the repayment of Offshore Wind Capital Grants; anda decrease of £39,401,000 in Consolidated Fund Extra Receipts for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, now scored as non-operating appropriations-in-aid.
	Administration budget
	The increase of £9,047,000 in the Administration Budget arises from:
	a transfer from Programme DEL of £7,500,000 for DECC transition costs;a transfer from Programme DEL of £1,000,000 for consumer levies administration costs;a transfer of £343,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel Office costs; andan increase to Administration DEL of £204,000 following the adoption of IAS19 for accrued employee benefits.

Department of Health and Food Standards Agency: DEL

Baroness Thornton: My right honourable friend the Minister of State for the Department of Health (Mike O'Brien) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to the necessary Supplementary Estimates, the Department of Health's element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will increase by £214,306,000 from £105,349,954,000 to £105,564,260,000 the Administration Cost Limit increases by £4,426,000 from £213,765,000 to £218,191,000. The Food Standards Agency DEL decreases by £1,500,000 from £134,987,000 to £133,487,000. The overall DEL including the Food Standards Agency will increase by £212,806,000 from £105,484,941,000 to £105,697,747,000. The impact on resource and capital are set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£m) New DEL (£m) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Department of Health  
			 Resource DEL, of which 377.033 -37.925 101,795.986 -1,507.778 100,288.208 
			 Administration Budget * 4.426 - 218.191 - 218.191 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL 256.448 -28.276 96,935.132 -208.409 96,726.723 
			 Capital DEL 11.646 -136.448 2,650.151 2,625.901 5,276.052 
			 Total Department of Health DEL 388.679 -174.373 104,446.137 1,118.123 105,564.260 
			 Depreciation ** 30.042 -109.422 -902.961 -177.166 -1,080.127 
			 Total Department of Health spending (after adjustment) 418.721 -283.795 103,543.176 940.957 104,484.133 
			 Food Standards Agency  
			 Resource DEL, of which 2.000 -3.500 136.371 -3.500 132.871 
			 Administration Budget * 2.000  51.894  51.894 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL   137.214  137.214 
			 Capital DEL   0.616  0.616 
			 Total Food Standards Agency DEL 2.000  136.987 -3.500 133.487 
			 Depreciation **   -1.908  -1.908 
			 Total Food Standards Agency spending (after adjustment) 2.000 -3.500 135.079 -3.500 131.579 
		
	
	* The total of "administration budget" and "Near cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater that the total resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping.
	**Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since the capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The Department of Health DEL has increased by £214,306,000 made up of:
	a transfer of £568,000 from the Ministry of Justice mainly for prison healthcare services;
	a transfer of £2,854,000 from the Home Office as the Department's share of a contribution to the migration impact fund;
	a transfer of £280,000 to the Department for International Development for the healthy living fund;
	a transfer from the Cabinet Office of £426,000 (administration costs) for services of the Parliamentary Counsel; and
	an increase £210,738,000 for changes in accounting policies resulting from the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards.
	In addition, the following internal transfers were made:
	a transfer of £4,000,000 from programme to administration costs to meet additional costs arising from the Swine Flu programme, reform of Care and Support and the NHS Next Stage Review; and
	a transfer from the capital budget to the revenue budget of £200,000,000 to meet existing commitments on pandemic flu.
	The Department of Health's administration cost limit has increase by £4,426,000 as detailed above.
	The change to the Food Standards Agency element of the DEL is due to:
	an increase in the administration budget of £2,000,000 to fund reorganisation within FSA headquarters; and
	a decrease of £3,500,000 programme cost identified savings in relation to research and campaign activity.

EU: Development Ministers Meeting

Lord Brett: My honourable friend the Minister of State for International Development (Gareth Thomas) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The Informal Meeting of EU Development Ministers, organised by the Spanish Presidency, took place in Segovia, Spain, on 17-18 February. I represented the UK. The items covered were as follows.
	The Millennium Development Goals Review Summit
	This session focused on EU preparations for the MDGs Summit in New York in September 2010. The new Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, and the Presidency underlined the importance of the Summit to galvanising support for poverty reduction before the 2015 MDG target date. The UK, alongside the Commission, a number of other member states and civil society representatives, argued that the EU should demonstrate global leadership through a comprehensive package that would include commitments to those goals most at risk, particularly maternal and child health, food security and education. The Commission welcomed the clear steer from Ministers and will reflect this in its proposals planned to be put to the May and June Foreign Affairs Councils. The overall EU position will then go to the June European Council for agreement by leaders.
	Financing for Development
	I underlined the importance of honouring our EU Official Development Assistance (ODA) commitments. While alternative financing mechanisms, including from the private sector, are likely to form an increasingly significant part of meeting the global development and climate challenges, ODA will remain the core contribution and our pledges must be met. I shared the UK's experience of increasing ODA to a position where we will meet the 0.7 per cent GNI target by 2013 and there was considerable interest in our draft legislation to make this commitment a legal obligation. Several Member States highlighted the challenge of meeting the targets in the current economic environment, though all member states reaffirmed the importance of the commitment. The Commission and Presidency will work further on suggestions for enhancing the accountability of member states to meet their pledges including an annual review of progress by heads of government and delivery plans to 0.7 per cent for member states.
	By special invitation, Norway presented on its work on combating tax evasion and tax havens. In response to the presentation and a Commission discussion paper, Ministers noted the importance of mobilising domestic resources in developing partner countries as a key step in reducing dependency on aid and harnessing finance for poverty reduction. In this context, economic growth, support to improving partner countries' tax systems, tackling illegal financial flows and corruption and addressing tax havens where noted as particularly important. The French led a call for the Presidency to ensure that innovative proposals on taxation and financing were discussed by both development and finance ministers given the shared interest. The Commission will draft a paper for Ministers at the May Foreign Affairs Council on enhancing work on tackling tax evasion in developing countries.
	More effective EU development assistance
	Alongside the quantity of aid, we discussed improving the quality of that aid. The Commission presented work on the improving the complementarity and co-ordination of EU aid.
	Transatlantic relations
	The new Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), Dr Shah, presented his priorities to the group. These were: a strong focus on the MDGs, particularly how technology can be deployed in support of development; maternal health; food security; and education. Dr. Shah emphasised his desire to build an effective and practical partnership with the EU on development issues, something already in evidence and underlined by the response to the Haiti earthquake response. EU Ministers welcomed his appointment and pledged to take forward this important relationship on a range of issues, not least the 2010 MDG Summit.
	Haiti
	Ministers discussed the situation in Haiti, both in terms of immediate response and ensuring better coordination for the reconstruction. Edmund Mullet, UN Special Representative to Haiti, Kristalina Georgieva, the new EU Humanitarian Commissioner and Dr. Shah provided details of their own efforts and their assessment of need. I joined my EU colleagues in recognising the tireless efforts of UN staff, Commission and other aid workers in Haiti.
	I argued for a thorough review of the humanitarian system over the last five years, learning lessons from Haiti and other disasters and drawing up recommendations to improve future responses. This proposal gained support from a number of Ministers and this will help to build the growing consensus behind the review.
	I also held a series of useful bilateral meetings discussing for example reform of the humanitarian system, Haiti, the MDGs and aid financing with amongst others: Dirk Neibel, the German Development Minister, Dr. Shah of USAID and Commissioner Piebalgs.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: DEL

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased by £94,354,000 from £2,246,893,000 to £2,341,247,000. The administration budget will be increased by £29,444,000 from £426,845,000 to £456,289,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource 107,354 - 2,237,987 3,000 2,240,987 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 29,444 - 456,289 - 456,289 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL 107,354 - 2,027,933 16,000 2,043,933 
			 Capital** -13,000 - 203,310 - 203,310 
			 Depreciationº - - -103,050 - -103,050 
			 Total 94,354 - 2,338,247 3,000 2,341,247 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	º Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from:
	Request for Resources 1
	Administration
	take-up of £5,700,000 administration costs in respect of restructuring;a claim on the Reserve of £6,000,000 administration costs in respect of modernisation of the FCO; a transfer of £11,000 administration from the Cabinet Office in respect of charging for legal services by the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel;a transfer of £1,002,000 administration to MOD in respect of the FCO's contribution to the Information Assurance Technical Programme;a transfer of £16,000,000 capital to administration in respect of exchange rate pressures. This amount includes £3,000,000 transferred from Capital EYF; anda transfer of £2,735,000 other current AME to administration DEL in respect of FCO staff costs for accrued annual leave.
	Programme
	a claim on the Reserve of £44,464,000 current grants in respect of the International Subscriptions cost sharing agreement;a claim on the Reserve of £25,060,000 other current in respect of Consular Premiums;a transfer of £5,500,000 other current from DfID in respect of the Returns and Reintegration Fund;a transfer of £77,000 other current from DfID in respect of the Iraqi LE staff assistance scheme;a transfer of £10,000 other current from DfID in respect of the Low Carbon High Growth Strategic Programme Fund;a transfer of £6,695,000 other current to MoD in respect of counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan.A transfer of £1,965,000 other current to MOD in respect of counter-narcotics work in Afghanistan.a transfer of £500,000 other current to the Security and Intelligence Agencies for expansion and capability; anda transfer of £2,000,000 from RfR1 to RfR2 for FCO's contribution to the Helmand uplift for Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.
	Capital
	take up of £3,000,000 Capital EYF in respect of a transfer to administration costs; anda transfer of £16,000,000 capital to administration in respect of exchange rate pressures.
	Request for Resources 2
	Programme
	a benefit to HMT's Reserve of £14,000,000 in respect of Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention;a transfer of £14,700,000 from DfID in respect of discretionary Peacekeeping funds;a transfer of £11,259,000 from DfID in respect of Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention; anda transfer of £2,000,000 from RfR1 to RfR2 for FCO's contribution to the Helmand uplift for Stabilisation and Conflict Prevention.

Government Actuary's Department: DEL

Lord Myners: My honourable friend the Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Actuary's Department total DEL will be increased by £22,000 from £403,000 to £425,000. Within the total DEL change the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 1 - 543 - 543 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget † 1 - 543 - 543 
			 Near-cash in RDEL † 1 338 49 345 394 
			 Capital DEL †† - - 217 - 217 
			 Less Depreciation ††† 21 - -335 - -335 
			 Total DEL 22 - 425 - 425 
		
	
	† The total of the 'Administration budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	†† Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	††† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	an increase in salaries provision of £2,201,000 from £8,638,000 to £10,839,000;
	an increase in other non-staff expenditure of £450,000 from £3,907,000 to £4,357,000;
	moving to reporting under International Reporting Accounting Standards (IFRS) to record an increase of £15,000 for employer liability relating to untaken annual leave
	an Increase in Appropriations in Aid provision of £2,665,000 from £12,497,000 to £15,162,000
	an increase in Notional Audit costs of £21,000 from £35,000 to £56,000; and
	a decrease in the Depreciation provision of £21,000 from £356,000 to £335,000

Government Equalities Office: DEL

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My honourable friend the Minister of State, Government Equalities Office (Maria Eagle) has made the following Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Government Equalities Office Departmental Expenditure Limit will increase by 12,000 from £80,182,000 to £80,194,000 and the administration budget will increase by from £9,605,000 to £9,617,000.
	Within the Departmental Expenditure Limit change, the impact on resource and capital is as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Total Voted Non-Voted Limit 
			 Resource 12  12 17,818 60,960 78,778 
			 of which:  
			 Administration 1 12  12 9,617  9,617 
			 Near Cash 1 12  12 17,817 60,651 78,468 
			 Capital 1,980 1,980 
			 Depreciation 2 -564 -564 
			 Total 12  12 17,818 62,376 80,194 
		
	
	1 The total of "Administration budget" and "Near cash in Resource DEL" figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL due to the definitions overlapping.
	2 Depreciation, which forms part of resource Departmental Expenditure Limit, is excluded from the total Departmental Expenditure Limit since the capital Departmental Expenditure Limit includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from an increase in relation to the recording of International Financial Reporting Standards for accrued employee benefits. The increase arises from the change in staff numbers between 2008-9 and 2009-10 and planned increased amounts of annual leave carried over by staff into 2010-11.
	There has been an increase in appropriation in aid for operating activities and this is offset by increased expenditure. This reflects the activities of the Women's National Commission which has been making its services available to other government departments and agencies in line with the review of the Women's National Commission.
	Administration Costs Limit
	This increases by £12,000 due to adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards for accrued employee benefits.

Health: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Baroness Thornton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Health (Andy Burnham) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I am publishing today the Consultation on Services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in England.
	Since 2005 the department, the National Health Service and other key stakeholders have been working together to identify the best ways to improve care and outcomes for those people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and to reduce the overall prevalence of the condition. Following this work we have developed a set of recommendations for the NHS and further action for the department and we are now consulting with stakeholders. This document represents the final consultation stage before we publish the final strategy.
	We estimate that over 3 million people in England live with this condition. One person dies in England of COPD every 20 minutes-a loss of about 25,000 lives every year. COPD is also the second most common cause of emergency admission and the fifth largest cause for readmission to hospital. It is also one of the most costly, in terms of acute hospital care.
	It has therefore become clear that we need to change our approach to prevention, diagnosis, treatment and management of the condition As we have developed the strategy we have had extensive engagement with people with COPD and their carers
	The strategy offers a real opportunity to make a difference to people with COPD and their carers. Successful implementation will require ongoing commitment and ambition and the engagement and involvement of all stakeholders.
	The strategy does not define how each aspect of care should be delivered. We think services need to be sensitively planned and appropriately delivered in response to the needs of each local community. However, the strategy is designed to support local service plans within the NHS, and to complement other related national and local initiatives. This will include the clinical guidelines developed by NICE and other broader health promotion initiatives such as the national tobacco control programme. With better-coordinated and integrated services, we can provide care that better meets the complex needs of people with COPD and meets their expectations.
	Because of the magnitude of the burden of asthma, we have given separate attention to that condition within this strategy, highlighting where there are synergies in the approach to the care of these conditions and where there are differences. It also highlights some aspects of good asthma services.
	Consultation on Services for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD ) in England has been placed in the Library and copies are available for honourable Members from the Vote Office.
	The consultation will run from 23 February to 5 April 2010.

HM Revenue and Customs: DEL

Lord Myners: My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Stephen Timms) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Supplementary Estimate, the HM Revenue & Customs total DEL will be increased by £68,529,000 from £4,063,850,000 to £4,132,379,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 25,206 46,286 3,703,057 397,623 4,100,680 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget † 24,206 46,286 3,982,092 46,286 4,028,378 
			 Near-cash in RDEL † 22,243 46,286 3,378,640 431,771 3,810,411 
			 Capital †† - - 241,633 - 241,633 
			 Less Depreciation ††† -2,963 - -209,934 - -209,934 
			 Total DEL 22,243 46,286 3,734,756 397,623 4,132,379 
		
	
	†The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	††Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	††† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises primarily from:
	a drawdown of the Modernisation Fund of £65,741,000 administration near cash to support costs for delivering modernisation and transformation across the Department.
	a net increase of £2,797,000 administration non-cash to effect changes under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) where assets are in HMRC's balance sheet in Estimates and Accounts
	the drawdown of End Year Flexibility of £1,000,000 programme near cash in accordance with the Public Expenditure outturn White paper (CM 7606) to fund expenditure on the Glover Portal.
	a transfer of £1,574,000 administration near cash from the Office of Parliamentary Counsel for counsel costs relating to pages of new legislation.
	a transfer of £379,000 administration near cash from the Northern Ireland Executive for work relating to the aggregates levy.
	The change in the administration budget arises from the specific administration items detailed in the resource element above.

HM Treasury: DEL

Lord Myners: My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the Spring Supplementary Estimate, HM Treasury's Resource DEL will be increased by £9,401,000 from £230,747,000 to £240,148,000. The Administration Budget will be increased by £6,431,000 from £180,145,000 to £186,576,000. The impact on resources, including the administration budget is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non- voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 9,401,000 - 219,304,000 20,844,000 240,148,000 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* 6,431,000 - 186,576,000 - 186,576,000 
			 Near cash in RDEL* 9,401,000 - 209,619,000 31,444,000 241,063,000 
			 Capital** - - 154,800,000 2,142,000 156,942,000 
			 Less: Depreciation*** - - -7,915,000 - -7,915,000 
			 Total 9,401,000 - 366,189,000 22,986,000 389,175,000 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	*** Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.

Home Office: DEL

Lord West of Spithead: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for the Home Department (Alan Johnson) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Home Office's Departmental Expenditure Limits for 2009-10 will be increased by £135,354,000 from £10,242,220,000 to £10,377,574,000 and the administration budget will be reduced by £276,293,000 from £675,540,000 to £399,247,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 46,564 (85,434) 8,589,149 980,335 9,569,484 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget* (241,071) (35,222) 246,339 152,908 399,247 
			 Near cash in RDEL* 41,153 (92,736) 8,418,215 930,329 9,348,544 
			 Capital** 189,300 (300) 726,561 280,520 1,007,081 
			 Less depreciation*** (4,976) (9,800) (133,867) (65,124) (198,991) 
			 Total 230,888 (95,534) 9,181,843 1,195,731 10,377,574 
		
	
	* The total of the 'Administration Budget' and 'Near cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	*** Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	
		
			 (a) Total (£,000) o/w near cash (£,000) o/w Admin (£,000) 
			 The change in the resource element of the DEL arises from: (38,870) (51,583) (276,293) 
			 Classification Changes: (37,944) (37,944) (262,836) 
			 Treatment of recording employee benefits in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) moves from AME to programme DEL. The sections affected are: 
			 Identity and Passport Service (section F). 500 500  
			 UK Border Agency (section E). 453 453  
			 Central Services (section G). 59 59  
			 Police (section A). 28 28  
			 Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D). 16 16  
			 Programme switched to capital within Police (section A) to meet forecast capital expenditure. (9,000) (9,000)  
			 Programme switched to capital within the Departmental Unallocated Provision (DUP) to meet forecast capital expenditure. See section (b) for the capital DUP drawdown. (30,000) (30,000)  
			 Re-classification of admin into programme as a result of the winter supplementary machinery of government transfer from HM Revenue & Customs.   (262,836) 
			 Transfers to other government departments: (29,598) (29,247) (14,792) 
			 Admin from Central Services (section G) to the Ministry of Justice to fund shared central support expenditure. (14,792) (14,441) (14,792) 
			 Programme from the DUP to fund Migration Impact expenditure to the following departments: 
			 Department for Business Innovation and Skills (5,371) (5,371)  
			 Department for Children Schools and Families (2,854) (2,854)  
			 Department of Health (2,854) (2,854)  
			 Department for Communities and Local Government (2,854) (2,854)  
			 Reduction in programme in the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D) representing a decrease in the balance of counter terrorism funding returned to the Home Office by the Cabinet Office. (600) (600)  
			 Programme from Central Services (section G) to the Ministry of Justice for science and technology costs. (273) (273)  
			 Transfers from other government departments: 1,232 1,232 1,232 
			 Admin from the Cabinet Office to Central Services (section G) for the Parliamentary Counsel Office. 856 856 856 
			 Increase in admin in Central Services (section G) following the reversal of a previous transfer to the Ministry of Justice for payroll services. 376 376 376 
			 End Year Flexibility: 17,051 17,051 0 
			 Programme to section E to meet UKBA's strategic objective to "secure our borders and control migration for the benefit of our country". 17,051 17,051  
			 Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): 10,389 (2,675) 103 
			 Increase in programme for the UK Border Agency (section E) to reflect the accounting treatment of finance leases under IFRS. 10,308 (3,370)  
			 Change in admin and programme for the UK Border Agency (section E) as a result of a revised forecast of the cost of reporting employee benefits in accordance with IFRS. 81 695 103 
		
	
	
		
			 (b) Capital Total (£,000) 
			 The change in the capital element of the DEL arises from: 189,000 
			 End Year Flexibility: 150,000 
			 Capital to the Office for Security and counter Terrorism (section D) to meet strategic delivery objective 'Protect the public from terrorism'. 68,555 
			 Capital to the Police (section A) to meet the strategic delivery objective 'Lead visible, responsive and accountable policing'. 50,953 
			 Capital to the United Kingdom Border Agency (section E) to meet strategic delivery objective 'Secure our borders and control migration for the benefit of the country'. 30,492 
			 Classification changes: 39,000 
			 Programme switched to capital within Police (section A) to meet forecast capital expenditure. 9,000 
			 Drawdown of capital in the DUP to meet the latest forecast budgeted expenditure in the following areas: 
			 Office for Security and Counter Terrorism (section D). 4,811 
			 Office for Security and Counter Terrorism grants (section K). 8,889 
			 UK Border Agency (section E). 10,000 
			 Identity and Passport Services (section F). 6,300

Hong Kong

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband)has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The latest report on the implementation of the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong was published today. Copies have been placed in the Library of the House. A copy of the report is also available on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office website (www.fco.gov.uk). The report covers the period from 1 July to 31 December 2009. I commend the report to the House.

Joint Advisory Committee for Qualifications Approval: Annual Summary

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin: My right honourable friend the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for 14-19 Reform and Apprenticeships (Iain Wright) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I would inform the House that the Joint Advisory Committee for Qualifications Approval has published its Annual Summary Report for 2008-2009. The Committee is a non-statutory body chaired jointly by the Learning and Skills Council and Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency. The role of the Committee is to provide advice to the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on which qualifications should be eligible for public funding and delivery to learners aged 14-19.
	Copies of the Annual Summary will be placed in the House Libraries.

Ministry of Defence: DEL

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Bob Ainsworth) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of the necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) Departmental Expenditure Limits (DEL) will be increased by £284,565,000 (Voted and Non-Voted) from £39,596,111,000 to £39,880,676,000. Within the DEL change, the impact on Resources and Capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New DEL 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource -33,261 222,266 38,660,976 439,112 39,100,088 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget 211 - 2,237,948 - 2,237,948 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -100,650 250,355 26,277,470 668,551 26,946,021 
			 Capital 178,695 - 9,227,484 851 9,228,335 
			 Depreciation* -83,265 -8,438,227 -9,520 -8,447,747  
			 Total 62,169 222,396 39,450,233 430,443 39,880,676 
		
	
	* Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending; to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The changes to the resource and capital elements of the DEL arise from:
	an increase of £100,000,000 Direct Resource near cash relief in RfR1, as agreed with Treasury;resource transfers into RfR1 from the Cabinet Office being their contribution to MOD security costs of £6,000,000, transfers from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of £6,695,000 and £1,965,000 respectively for the Counter Narcotics Ground Force, a transfer of £211,000 from the Cabinet Office being their contribution to the Parliamentary Counsel cost, a transfer of £1,002,000 from the Foreign & Commonwealth Office being their contribution to the Information Assurance Technical Programme; and a transfer of £1,832,000 from the Department for International Development being their contribution to the Global Pool (RfR2); a net decrease in the cash release of provisions of £17,324,000 charged to RDEL (with a corresponding increase in the provision charge scored in AME) to reflect the latest forecast of outturn;a further increase in Fiscal Capital Resource of £5,000,000 to reflect Treasury relief for lower capital receipts in Northern Ireland than originally forecasted;a net resource increase of £13,430,000 in non-cash depreciation and cost of capital costs to reflect the latest forecast cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan;to re-allocate the net resource impact of £35,000,000 for employee benefits under IFRS trigger point 3 from AME to Resource DEL, reflecting the revised control framework for this item; to reflect the revised, and reduced, resource impact assessment of disclosing three PFI contracts as finance leases under IAS 17, being a credit of £21,000,000;to reflect the revised resource impact of a reduced service charge relating to Annington Homes of £18,000,000;to reflect the non-cash resource impact, in the amount of £26,000,000, of implementing IFRS 17 on three PFI off-balance sheet contracts now reassessed as finance leases;to reflect the IFRS reduced near-cash service charge of £178,000,000 impact of disclosing IFRIC 12 PFI assets on MoD's balance sheet; to increase Non Budget Grants in Aid (Non-Voted) for the Council of Reserve Forces and Cadets Association of £4,199,000 in the Central TLB and £4,943,000 in Land TLB;£210,000 for the Marine and Sea Cadets Society by reducing Resource DEL current costs and increasing Non-Budget Grants in Aid with no overall impact on resource;to increase non-budget funding by £10,991,000 from within Resource DEL to reflect the latest forecast of outturn for the Navy Command, Land Forces and Central TLBs; to revise sub-head provisions to reflect Resource and Capital revisions in allocations between Holders to match required defence outputs, with no overall impact on DEL; andto request a net increase in Capital DEL of £160,695,000 to reflect the latest forecast cost of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
	The changes to Resource DEL and Capital DEL will lead to an increased net cash requirement of £935,052,000.

Ministry of Defence: Votes A Annual Estimate

Baroness Taylor of Bolton: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Defence (Bob Ainsworth) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	The Ministry of Defence Votes A Estimate 2010-11 will be laid before the House on 23 February 2010 as HC 304. This outlines the maximum numbers of personnel to be maintained for each service in the Armed Forces during financial year 2010-11.

Ministry of Justice: DEL

Lord Bach: My right honourable friend the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice (Jack Straw) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) and The National Archives (TNA) Total Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) will be increased as follows:
	total DEL for MoJ (RfR1, 2 & 3) is increased by £101,298,000 from £9,828,762,000 to £9,930,060,000 and the administration budget has increased by £23,282,000 from £435,920,000 to £459,202,000;total DEL for the NICS has increased by £17,000,000 from £147,556,000 to £164,556,000; andtotal DEL for the TNA has increased by £1,000 from £44,151,000 to £44,152,000.
	Within the Total DEL change for MoJ (RfR1, 2 & 3), the impact on resource and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000)  New DEL (£,000)   
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: 36,361 32,676 5,772,369 3,680,095 9,452,464 
			 of which:  
			 Administration * 23,282 0 459,202 0 459,202 
			 Near-Cash in Resource DEL 18,823 50,754 4,883,323 3,885,532 8,768,855 
			 Capital DEL** 16,706 16,373 849,570 52,043 901,613 
			 Depreciation † (1,690) 872 (414,213) (9,804) (424,017) 
			 Total DEL 51,377 49,921 6,207,726 3,722,334 9,930,060 
		
	
	* The total of 'administration budget' and 'near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	1) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for MoJ arises from:
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	Movements in Voted Expenditure
	Request for Resources 1:
	i. An increase in voted expenditure of £7,000,000 as a result of drawdown of End Year Flexibility (EYF) funding relating to the workforce modernisation programme.
	ii. An increase in voted expenditure of £14,792,000 as a result of a budget transfer from the Home Office in relation to accommodation costs.
	iii. An increase in voted expenditure of £13,088,000 as result of the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
	iv. An increase in voted expenditure of £34,000,000 as a result of drawdown of reserve claim from HM Treasury relating to prison capacity programme.
	v. An increase in voted expenditure of £1,166,000 to the transfer of funding in relation to the Parliamentary Council Office from the Cabinet Office
	vi. An increase in voted expenditure of £1,000,000 in relation to non cash funding from the Supreme Court.
	vii. An increase in voted expenditure of £273,000 in relation to mail and messenger services received from the Home Office.
	viii. An increase in voted expenditure of £86,000 in relation to funding for Estate Agents Appeals Panel and the creation of the Consumer Credit Appeals Tribunals from the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (DBIS).
	ix. A decrease in voted expenditure of £568,000 in relation to healthcare services for additional prison places transferred to the Department of Health (DoH).
	x. A decrease in voted expenditure of £2,624,000 in relation to education services for additional prison places transferred to the DBIS.
	xi. A decrease in voted expenditure of £500,000 in relation to costs associated with Corporate Manslaughter Act transferred to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS).
	xii. A decrease in voted expenditure of £470,000 in relation to near cash transferred to Supreme Court.
	Request for Resources 2:
	xiii. An increase in near cash resource funding of £1,200,000 in relation to drawdown of EYF.
	xiv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £28,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.
	Request for Resources 3:
	xv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £230,000 in relation to transfer of costs relating to the Parliamentary Counsel Office from the Cabinet Office.
	xvi. An increase in near cash resource funding of £116,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.
	Movements in Non-Voted Expenditure
	Request for Resources 1:
	i. An increase in non-voted expenditure of £220,000 as result of the adoption of IFRS.
	ii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £61,400,000 relating to increased spend of the Legal Services Commission.
	iii. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £3,501,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Legal Services Board.
	iv. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £6,124,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Office of Legal Complaints.
	v. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £14,704,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
	vi. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by an increase in voted expenditure of £4,650,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Youth Justice Board.
	vii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £35,000 relating to increased spend of the Criminal Cases Review Commission.
	Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
	The change in the capital element of the Departmental Expenditure Limit arises from:
	Movements in Voted Expenditure
	Request for Resources 1:
	i. An increase of £33,000,000 in Capital DEL in respect of the Prison Capacity Programme.
	ii. An increase of £79,000 in Capital DEL as a result of the implementation of IFRS.
	Movements in Non-Voted Expenditure
	i. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £12,900,000 relating to increased spend of the Legal Services Commission.
	ii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by an decrease in voted expenditure of £3,450,000 relating to increase in the attributable income receivable by the Office of Legal Complaints.
	iii. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by an decrease in voted expenditure of £500,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority.
	iv. An increase in non-voted expenditure offset by an decrease in voted expenditure of £47,000 relating to decrease in spend of the Parole Board.
	v. A decrease in non-voted expenditure offset by a decrease in voted expenditure of £524,000 relating to increased spend of the National Probation Service Local Area Boards.
	Administration Costs
	The movement in the administration cost limit is as a result of the following changes.
	Request for Resources 1:
	i. An increase in voted expenditure of £7,000,000 as a result of drawdown of EYF funding from HM Treasury relating to the workforce modernisation funding.
	ii. An increase in voted expenditure of £14,792,000 as a result of a budget transfer from the Home Office in relation to accommodation costs.
	iii. An increase in voted expenditure of £241,000 as result of the adoption of IFRS.
	Request for Resources 2:
	iv. An increase in near cash resource funding of £1,200,000 in relation to drawdown of EYF.
	v. An increase in near cash resource funding of £28,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.
	Request for Resources 3:
	vi. An increase in near cash resource funding of £230,000 in relation to transfer of costs relating to the Parliamentary Counsel Office from the Cabinet Office.
	vii. An increase in near cash resource funding of £116,000 as a result of the adoption of IFRS.
	2) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for the Northern Ireland Court Service (NICS) arises from:
	Within the Total DEL change for Northern Ireland Court Service, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: - 17,000 58,391 111,300 169,691 
			 of which:  
			 Administration * (2,000)  (574)  (574) 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL - 17,000 40,451 110,800 151,251 
			 Capital DEL** - - 6,000 - 6,000 
			 Depreciation †   (10,694) (441) (11,135) 
			 Total DEL  17,000 53,697 110,859 164,556 
		
	
	* The total of 'administration budget' and 'near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	Movements in Non-voted Expenditure
	i. This arises from the take up of a DEL Reserve claim of £17,000,000 to reflect the increase in the Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission Baseline to cover the projected shortfall in legal aid expenditure.
	Movements in Administration Expenditure
	i. The change in the administration budget arises from a £2,000,000 increase in civil court fee income. This will be offset against additional related costs to dispose of civil court business. The appropriations-in-aid are classified as administrative income and so the additional fee income will reduce the administration cost limit by £2,000,000.
	3) The change in the Resource and Capital DEL for The National Archives (TNA) arises from:
	Within the Total DEL change for The National Archives, the impact on resources and capital are as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL: (2,135) 0 46,595 0 46,595 
			 of which:  
			 Administration * 0 0 0 0 0 
			 Near-cash in Resource DEL (2,135) 150 34,844 150 34,994 
			 Capital DEL** 2,136 0 4,236 0 4,236 
			 Depreciation † 0 0 (6,679) 0 (6,679) 
			 Total DEL 1 0 44,152 0 44,152 
		
	
	* The total of 'administration budget' and 'near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total Resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of Resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since Capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	Movements in Voted Expenditure
	Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit
	i. An increase in near cash resource funding of £4,695,000 and associated increase in A in A of £4,694,000 to reflect higher than expected levels of activity and income from the 1911 Census information, Digital Continuity and the Civil Pages Project.
	ii. A decrease of £2,136,000 in resource provision representing the additional spend on improvements to facilities at our Kew building including data storage facilities and air conditioning units.
	Capital Departmental Expenditure Limit
	i. An increase in capital funding of £2,136,000 representing the additional spend on improvements to facilities at Kew, including data storage facilities and air conditioning this is offset by the decrease in resource funding referred to above.

National Savings and Investments: DEL

Lord Myners: My honourable friend the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury (Sarah McCarthy-Fry) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, National Savings and Investments DEL will be increased by £150,000 to £183,749. Within DEL change, the impact on resources and capital are set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change New Del 
			  Voted Non-voted Voted Non-Voted Total 
			 Resource Del: 150 - 183,749 - 183,749 
			 of which:  
			 Administration budget: 150 - 183,749 - 183,749 
			 Near cash in RDEL: 150 - 179,254 - 179,254 
			 Capital - - 3,176 - 3,176 
			 Depreciation* - - -3,015 - -3,015 
			 Total 150 - 183,910 - 183,910 
		
	
	* Depreciation which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	transfer of holiday pay accrual from annually managed expenditure (AME) to DEL.

Northern Ireland Office: DEL

Baroness Royall of Blaisdon: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (Shaun Woodward) has made the following Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval the Northern Ireland Office (NIO) will be taking a 2009-10 Spring Supplementary Estimate. The effect this will have is to increase the NIO's total DEL by £161,881,000 from £1,205,742,000 to £1,367,623,000.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource 66,619 123,563 359,487 1,020,157 1,379,644 
			 Admin Budget (2,247) - 71,679 - 71,679 
			 Near cash 28,217 72,962 277,153 793,141 1,070,294 
			 Capital 12,288 (12,288) 36,526 40,177 76,703 
			 Depreciation (28,240) (61) (47,489) (41,235) (88,724) 
			 Total 50,667 111,214 348,524 1,019,099 1,367,623 
		
	
	The change in total DEL of £161,881,000 relates to the drawdown of End Year Flexibility (EYF) of £100,335,000 (all resource), increase in PSNI provisions of £88,000,000, resource budget transfers with other government departments totalling £847,000 and funding of £1,000,000 from HM Treasury for the impact of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) on property, plant and equipment. This has been offset by a change in non cash costs of £28,301,000.
	The EYF drawdown is required to supplement CSR07 baselines in Central Administration, Political Directorate, Public Prosecution Service, Criminal Justice Directorate, Policing-Non Severance, Northern Ireland Prison Service, Compensation Agency and Policing & Security Directorate.
	The administration budget will decrease by £2,247,000 from £73,926,000 to £71,679,000. This is due to the reclassification of £2,610,000 from administration to programme for the Northern Ireland Prison Service and resource budget transfers of £315,000 from the Department of Finance and Personnel, Northern Ireland for accommodation costs, £98,000 from the Cabinet Office for Parliamentary Counsel charges and £50,000 to the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, Northern Ireland for healthcare costs.
	The Northern Ireland Executive DEL will increase by £740,207,000 from £9,283,643,000 to £10,023,850,000. Within the total DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is set out in the following table:
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			 Resource DEL 634,464 9,023,819 
			 of which:  
			 Near Cash 483,082 8,551,148 
			 Capital DEL 127,009 1,210,614 
			 Resource DEL + Capital DEL 761,473 10,234,433 
			 Less Depreciation 21,266 210,583 
			 Total DEL net of depreciation 740,207 10,023,850 
		
	
	The increase in the Northern Ireland Executive DEL takes account of the following changes:
	the take-up of End Year Flexibility of £135,000,000 (£35,000,000 near cash and £100,000,000 capital);
	additions of £23,827,000 (-£49,092,000 near cash, £20,337,000 non cash and £52,582,000 capital) following IFRS changes;
	a budget reclassification of £497,200,000 (near cash) in respect of NHS pensions;
	an addition of £131,045,000 (non cash) in respect of provisions for equal pay; and
	budget cover transfers to other government departments of £25,599,000 broken down as follows:
	transfer of £827,000 from DEFRA for BSE-OTM;transfer of £275,000 from DCSF for the NSPCC Expansion Grant;transfers of £749,000 to the Northern Ireland Office for accommodation and other central services;transfer of £379,000 to HMRC in respect of the Aggregates Levy; andtransfer of £25,573,000 to Department of Business, Innovation and Skills in respect of industrial support.

Sri Lanka

Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead: My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (David Miliband) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	I would like to update the House on recent developments in the political and humanitarian situations in Sri Lanka.
	Since the end of the fighting last May between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam there has been a unique opportunity for the Government to work with all communities in Sri Lanka to achieve lasting peace through genuine national reconciliation. The UK has continued to make the case that that this can only come about through a fully inclusive political process to address the underlying causes of the conflict.
	Elections
	Following the Presidential election of 26 January the Prime Minister wrote to President Rajapakse and I have spoken with Foreign Minister Bogollogama. Together with others, such as the Secretaries-General of the UN and the Commonwealth and the EU High Representative, we have urged President Rajapakse to use his new mandate to make real progress on national reconciliation. The President has made some positive comments about the need to focus on the concerns of Tamils and to discuss the devolution of powers. Setting out his plans for political reform would be a welcome next step.
	Election monitors and the Election Commissioner were united in declaring the result of the election valid. But they voiced concerns about aspects of the election campaign, including incidences of violence and allegations of electoral malpractice. We have been encouraging the Government to address these concerns by conducting thorough investigations into any allegations and to encourage an atmosphere of calm by reaching out to those who did not support the President. There have, however, been worrying reports of a clampdown on those who did not support President Rajapakse. The arrest of his principal challenger in the election, Sarath Fonseka, has done nothing to ease tensions. The Government need to ensure that all detainees, including Fonseka, are treated strictly in accordance with Sri Lankan law.
	The next opportunity for Sri Lankans to elect their political representatives will be the Parliamentary elections that are expected to take place on 8 April. The Prime Minister has encouraged the President to ensure that measures are in place to remove the scope for allegations of malpractice. I have underlined to Foreign Minister Bogollogama the importance of making it possible for all Sri Lankans to vote. Whilst we welcomed the high national turnout in the Presidential election of 70 per cent, this dropped to less than 30 per cent in the north and east. An election in which all communities can select their representatives of choice could advance the prospects for genuine reconciliation.
	We will continue to engage with the Government and other political parties in Sri Lanka to encourage a process of political reform. In recognition of the potentially positive contribution they could make to that process, we also continue to engage with the Tamil, Muslim and Sinhalese communities based in the UK. This includes the activities of Des Browne MP, the Prime Minister's Special Envoy for Sri Lanka. I will be addressing the forthcoming London conference of the Global Tamil Forum to encourage a forward-looking, constructive approach.
	Accountability
	The EU has made clear its view that a credible process to address alleged violations of International Humanitarian Law by both sides during the conflict could also contribute to the process of reconciliation. The US State Department report on the conflict in Sri Lanka and the statement by Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur for Extrajudicial, Summary or Arbitrary Executions, underline the need for a credible and independent investigation. We continue to make this clear to the Sri Lankan Government, most recently when I spoke to Foreign Minister Bogollogama earlier this month. We await with interest the findings of the committee set up by President Rajapakse to look into the State Department report.
	Human Rights and GSP+
	A third way in which the GoSL could encourage genuine reconciliation would be through greater promotion and protection of human rights, including media freedoms, and by tackling the culture of impunity. I have reinforced to Foreign Minister Bogollogama the importance of producing and implementing a human rights National Action Plan, as was agreed at the UN Human Rights Council Periodic Review of Sri Lanka in 2008.
	On 19 October the European Commission published its report into Sri Lanka's compliance with three of the conventions linked to Sri Lanka being a beneficiary of the GSP+ scheme. The report was clear about Sri Lanka's failings in its implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, the Convention against torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. The report reinforces our concerns about the human rights situation in Sri Lanka and we share the Commission's assessment.
	On 15 February the UK and other Member States supported the Commission's formal recommendation to withdraw GSP+ benefits from Sri Lanka. This will come into effect on 15 August, six months following the date of the decision. We continue to urge the Government to engage constructively with the European Commission and to take all necessary steps to address the serious concerns highlighted in the Commission's report.
	Humanitarian Situation
	The UK's most immediate priority since the end of the conflict has been to work for an improvement in the humanitarian situation. By the end of the fighting there were over 280,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) in camps in the north of Sri Lanka. We have been advocating for an improvement in conditions inside the camps and for IDPs to be able to return to their home areas as soon as it is safe to do so. Since September 2008, the UK, through the Department for International Development, has also allocated £12.5 million to the humanitarian response.
	Conditions in the camps have improved and there has been progress in the return of IDPs. UN official figures estimate that as of 15 January around 187,500 people have been released from the camps, of which 158,500 have been able to return to their home areas, whilst 29,000 vulnerable people have been housed with host families or in institutions. It is important that vulnerable people have been housed with host families or in institutions. It is important that IDPs continue to be able to return to their home areas as soon as it is safe to do so.
	The Government's announcement on 1 December that all IDPs still in the camps would be granted freedom of movement was a positive step. However, some restrictions remain in place and we will continue to encourage the Government to ease those.
	We will continue to work with international partners and with the Sri Lankan Government to encourage progress on reconciliation, accountability and human rights as a basis for the lasting peace that all Sri Lankans want and deserve.

UK Statistics Authority: DEL

Baroness Crawley: My right honourable friend the Minister of State, Cabinet Office (Angela E. Smith) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
	Subject to parliamentary approval of any necessary Supplementary Estimate, the UK Statistics Authority's total departmental expenditure limit (DEL) will be increased by £630,000 from £212,246,000 to £212,876,000, and the programme budget will be increased by £630,000.
	Within the DEL change, the impact on resources and capital is as set out in the following table.
	
		
			  Change (£,000) New DEL (£,000) 
			  Voted Non-Voted Voted Non-voted Total 
			 Resource DEL 6,630 -6,000 212,876 - 212,876 
			 of which:  
			 Administration Budget* - - - - - 
			 Near-cash in RDEL -3,370 4,000 178,876 14,000 192,876 
			 Capital** -15 - 14,985 - 14,985 
			 Less Depreciation †  - -18,000 - -18,000 
			 Total 6,615 -6,000 209,861 - 209,861 
		
	
	* The total of 'Administration Budget' and 'Near-cash in Resource DEL' figures may well be greater than total resource DEL, due to the definitions overlapping.
	** Capital DEL includes items treated as resource in Estimates and accounts but which are treated as Capital DEL in budgets.
	† Depreciation, which forms part of resource DEL, is excluded from the total DEL since capital DEL includes capital spending and to include depreciation of those assets would lead to double counting.
	The change in the resource element of DEL arises from:
	Take-up of end-year flexibility (EYF) of £630,000 as set out in the Public Outturn White Paper (CM 7606).
	Take-up of departmental unallocated provision (DUP) of £6,000,000 in order to finance in-year pressures and to meet new priorities
	The change in the programme budget arises from drawdown of end-of-year flexibility (EYF) of £630,000 and the drawdown of £6,000,000 of DUP.